Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-15

"A found favor in both branches of the Kansas legislature.
 In discussing the problem of disposing of the wires the London Standard remarks that in American cities they are run along the streets Con ornamental poles." "Ornamen- tai" is good.
 The city council of Charleston, South Carolina, has recently reorganized the police force of the city in such a way as to crowd out the only negro on it. The negro was a good and popular officer, and the action of the council has excited strong protest, as 1t ought to-
 The heathen Chinese government has re- oently issued edicts in all the provinces ot the empire forb1dding the molestatlon or Christians and declaring that the Christian religion, as taught by the missionaries, aims at making men better citizens and more hon. l est men, Now the Christian government of this country ought to try and restrain the violent Chinese haters.
 Prohibition, like necessity, is the mother | of invention A man the other day asked | Lisbon (Maine) druggist to sell him some alcohol for his sore finger. The druggist would not. ''Won's you pour some on my finger, then!' asked the man. The druggist said that he would and took hold of the fin ger, which was completely hidden in band | ages of cloth. It yielded to his touch, and he pulled at it, the bandage came off and re- I vealed the fact that the finger was badly bogus, being made up of a sponge. It was the fellows evident design to get the sponge well soaked and then suck out the alcohol.
 There is no use conce aling the fact, says | the Richmond State, 'that tooacco, as a rule, has failed to be a profitable crop in the past few years. There is no reason why we should conceal the fact that Richmond has ceased to hold her former position among the tobacco markets of this community. There is no use in concealing the fact that Rich mond no longer stands at the head ot th' list as the greatest manufacturer of the weet in the world Since Kentucky has produced the burley on such tremendous scale th | tobacco situation has changed very much Indeed the change has amounted almost to revolution, considered agriculturslly"
 Topolobampo is the name of tract l PiOAS5SO~~ Aoo.~
 ists are now attempting to colonize Accord | ino to inc advertisements the settlement l
 situated on bay which forms natural hal
 bor. and the climate and soil are all tha
 eould be desired. About five hundred peopl
 have been persuaded to go to this place, an
 some of them have returned. From the lat
 ter it is learned that the location of tn
 colony is unfavorable, and that the land to
 miles around is so sterile that 1t will neVe
 be possible for the colony to raise US oW
 food la addition the returned socialist
 make other charges against the manager
 whom they accuse of deliberate fraud an
 conspiracy. To all this the reply is that th
 fault finders are men who have no desire
 work for living, and who went to IoPol'
 bampo expecting to ind place where 1nl
 and honey would be conveyed to the
 through silver tubes without exertlcn their part. The manager, who is an aVoWe socialist, assures the public that everythlr is all right and that all that will be require to make his colony exactly what he has re resented it will be work and patience. it is probable that work and patience just what will be lacking in Topolobampo.
 What Vice President Reed of the Conso
 dated railroad says about railroad matte
 is always we'll worth attention, for he Is re man of great experience and excellent JUG ,re ment In speaking of the Interstate Co dse mercs bill he said he did not think the Il n we id have any effect on railroad trafne